Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-10-19 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Waymo (formerly Space Baby) , PAX: The Bobs, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Cool
WARMUP: – SSH – Willie Mays Hays – Good mornings – Cherry pickers – Imperial Walkers – Arm Circles – Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch – Mosey to runway
THE THANG: Phase 1: Digging the trenches – Bear crawl to trench 1 and do 10 Burpees – Bear crawl to trench 2 and do 20 Squats – Bear crawl to trench 2 and do 30 Big Boy Sit-ups – Bear crawl back to start
Phase 2: Storm the hill – Sprint to the top of the hill – At the top, 10 merkins – Repeat 5 rounds
Phase 3: The Cannonade 2 Tabata rounds of 6 exercises – Pullups – Goblet squats w/coupons – Flutter kicks – Curls w/coupons – Freddie Mercurys – American Hammers w/coupons
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 10/21 at M.L. Rose
COT: Recovery
PLAYLIST: Battle of Yorktown mix

The Buffalo

Date: 2026-10-16 AO: The Buffalo Q: Hot Route , PAX: Hot Route, Ultratecht, The Bobs FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: humid but getting colder?
WARMUP: regular
THE THANG: focus on slow, weighted ‘stretching’ with some upper body exercises, core, and lower body wake-up with a few runs around community center
MARY: yoga
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ML Rose night with proceeds going to 4:13. Last Fridays by River of the season this afternoon/evening.
COT: job stuff
PLAYLIST: music.apple.com/us/album/day-of-the-dead/1545433332

All the classics

Date: 2026-10-09 AO: The Buffalo Q: Hipster , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hipster, The Bobs, Ultratecht, Makita, Honeydo (sp? – DR from Knoxville) FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Chef’s kiss
WARMUP: Standard WOR
THE THANG:
1 – Mosey to Loooong Ave for 7’s on the hill. Star jumps up top, burpees at the bottom
2 – Mosey to tennis courts, partner up for Dora – merkins, squats, and LBC’s
3 – Mosey to startex, ring of fire and ring of howler monkeys
MARY: nah
MOLESKINE: Never trust a fart, always keep a towel in your car
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack
COT: taps for Makita’s job hunt
PLAYLIST: Dad rock

The Buffalo

Date: 2026-09-25 AO: The Buffalo Q: The Bobs , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), The Bobs, Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-09-21 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: greyalbum, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Giving Tree, The Bobs FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Better, but still hot.
WARMUP: Mosey to far hangar for SSH, hillbillies, imperial walkers, a circles, mosey back.
THE THANG:
Sets of unilateral work in below format: 30 seconds workout 1 right side 30 seconds workout 1 left sidd 30 seconds workout 2 right side 30 seconds workout 2 left side X3 Mosey to near hangar and back.
Circuit 1 Overhead hold right hand Overhead hold left hand Wood choppers right Wood choppers left
Circuit 2 Right leg forward deadlift Left leg forward deadlift Right side split squat Left side split squat
Circuit 3 Right side chest press Left side chest press Bird dog hold coupon push and pull right Bird dog hold coupon push and pull left
Circuit 4 Squat with coupon on right shoulder Squat with coupon on left shoulder Right lateral squat Left lateral squat
COT: Productive and non-productive conversation
PLAYLIST: My Apple Essentials
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-09-14 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Waymo (formerly Space Baby) , PAX: The Bobs, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), greyalbum FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: muggy with a breeze
F3 Tora 2026-09-14
Warm-Up 1. SSH – 20 IC 2. Mosey to runway 3. Willie Mays Hays 4. Good mornings 5. Cherry pickers – 10 IC 6. Imperial Walkers – 10 IC 7. Arm Circles – 10 forward / 10 backward 8. Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch
The Thang – 14s on the hill with squats at bottom and merkins at top – suicides by the playground rotation with curls, Freddie mercury’s, rows, bird dogs, pullups, dips
Cool Down / Stretch 1. Shoulder Stretch 2. Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch 3. Downward Dog 4. Cobra Stretch
PLAYLIST: anniversary of Songs of Surrender (U2)

The Buffalo

Date: 2026-09-11 AO: The Buffalo Q: Hot Route , PAX: Ultratecht, The Bobs, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route, Hipster FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: no rain
WARMUP: run to get blocks and quick standard warmup
THE THANG: running with our blocks down the greenway stopping for 50 press-ups and then 50 squats
At the pavilion, 50 merkins, 50 plank pulses then mosey with blocks to the bollards doing lunges to them then 50 step-ups w/block then lunge back a bit and mosey back to pavilion. 50 rows followed by 50 Y-raises
Mosey to the Stairway to Heaving and sprint with blocks up to the cave for 25 merkins then continue up to the parking lot for 25 more. One last sprint to return the blocks and back to start
MARY: we did hit 4,400 steps which is a bit over the total of the twin towers. Remembering that the 20ish LBS of blocks we carried is not even close to the amount of weight first responders and firefighters had to haul during rescue going up a furnace of stairs.
MOLESKINE: tried to do rain dances to bring on some precipitation
ANNOUNCEMENTS: struggle, happy hour next Tuesday or Wednesday?? Night Moves at a later date when majority can join. Reflection and remembrance for all involved
COT: sharing of personal accounts from the day. I always reflect on two stories that have made an impact on me. Large from Barstool’s account of it and the Man in the Red Bandana www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3576912/911-larges-reflection

PLAYLIST: tried to make it rain music.apple.com/us/playlist/rain/pl.u-8aAVZ6eSJRM3g

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-08-24 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), greyalbum, Hot Route, The Bobs FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Very nice
WARMUP: Mosey, grab dumbbells from car and bring to gym, SSH, arm circles, grab coupons.
THE THANG: Hinge/Pull/Push/Squat
Partner up for stations. 10 reps of each exercise then rotate to next station. All PAX does 10 squats with coupons.
25, 20, 15 lb dumbbells and 35 lb kettlebell for use with below
Circuit 1. – Deadlift – Row – Y press – Gob squat
Circuit 2 – Good morning – Bicep curl – Merkin – Sumo squat
Circuit 3 – Dumbbell/kettlebell swing – Hammer curl – Laying chest fly – Suitcase squat
MARY: 5 burpees
GRIDIRON COFFEE TALK: Trees. We talked a whole lot about trees. Not the fun ones either, just trees we saw in yards. Oak is a fan favorite, every other tree apparently sucks bad.
PLAYLIST: Apple Music 90s Indie rock playlist. Some PAX knew some songs, I did not
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The Buffalo

Date: 2026-08-21 AO: The Buffalo Q: The Bobs , PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route, The Bobs, Makita, Inglewould; Duggar from JC FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP: mosey
THE THANG: dirty dozen
MARY: dealers choice
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST: MMJ

The Buffalo – Makita VQ.2

Date: 2026-07-24 AO: The Buffalo Q: Makita , PAX: The Bobs, Makita, Ultratecht, 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Perfect, Crisp High 60’s, Light Humidity :ok_hand:
WARMUP: – SSH – Imperial Walkers – Willy Mayes Hayes – probably not spelled right :upside_down_face: – Good Mornings – Little Baby Arm Circles – Merkins
THE THANG: Warmup – Above ^ Mosey to Basketball Court Court Crushers x 3 – Start at one side of basketball court – Sprint to FT line – 5 Burpees – Backpedal to start – Sprint to Half Court – 10 Merkins – Backpedal to start – Sprint to far FT line – 15 Jump Squats – Backpedal to start – Sprint Full Court – 20 LBC’s Mosey to Pavilion Pavilion Pump x 3 – 20 Bench Dips – 15 Decline Merkins – Steps Ups, 10 x Each Leg – Bulgarian Split Squats, 5 x Each Leg Mosey to Basketball Court American Hammers Flutter Kicks Freddy Mercuries Plank
MARY: Impromptu Co-Q with remaining time The Bobs led us in a full court lunge with a twist, literally, then wall stretches that my tight back could not do. Ultratecht led us in Inchworms down to half court, and bear crawled the other half of the court.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Convergence in Nolensville TOMORROW 6AM, See Slack for details – you’re already here.
COT/PRAYERS: – Thankful for the men we surround ourselves with in the gloom. Prayers for those spoken and unspoken, present and not present.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KfN6prMv66Ah3NxJv0tqD?si=a1uO0PRCSyukZ7fnG4Mvaw